In 2014, people celebrated <a id='highlight' href='http://www.merinews.com/topics/person/mahatma-gandhi'>Mahatma Gandhi</a>'s birthday in a very innovative way. On 2nd of October the government of India launched 'Swacch Bharat Abhiyan' and celebrated the day as India's biggest ever cleanliness drive. About 3 million government employees along with school and college students participated in this. The famous Bollywood personalities also took part in it as all of them were nominated by the Prime Minister <a id='highlight' href='http://www.merinews.com/topics/person/narendra-modi'>Narendra Modi</a>. Modi himself wielded broom and cleaned a road. The government targeted to cover 4041 statutory towns to clean the infrastructure of the nation. The drive is still being carried forward by eminent personalities.